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15 years ago
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I don't really appreciate my art being edited in any way. If you're not happy with what I've done, or if your character look is changed, and you go and edit what I've done for yourself, I don't like it.
I'm really particular and careful with how things look and I want to make sure markings and details are exact and perfect and to the character/owners specifications. If you tweak your character design, either leave my art the way it is or ask me to try and recolour/edit what's changed. I don't mind. I'll do it for free. It just feels like.. idk.. not really degrading, but just kind on insulting to draw on another person's piece.
The Mona Lisa had eyebrows. It was 'restored' and people tried to paint over it to make it look fresh and new, and ended up fucking it up and now she's eyebrowless. And the original piece of art is completely ruined and destroyed by someone who couldn't do it right. That's how I feel about my stuff when things get edited.
Idk. Idk what - if anything - could be done after a piece of art is given up to another owner. Digital commission, traditional conbadge, whatever. Once it's away from me, I suppose that's it. I just feel like.. maybe if it does get edited, you could at least put a note in your description saying it was edited from the original? and link the orig? Cause then if someone doesn't know better, they see that as my art and my mistakes, and I don't want to be looked at that way.
This isn't about one person, there's a couple people I've seen do things like this or say that they're going to change it if it's not right. And I don't think that's right. I'm not naming names, and if you think this is about you and want to stay anonymous, don't comment. You'll just call yourself out otherwise.
I'm really particular and careful with how things look and I want to make sure markings and details are exact and perfect and to the character/owners specifications. If you tweak your character design, either leave my art the way it is or ask me to try and recolour/edit what's changed. I don't mind. I'll do it for free. It just feels like.. idk.. not really degrading, but just kind on insulting to draw on another person's piece.
The Mona Lisa had eyebrows. It was 'restored' and people tried to paint over it to make it look fresh and new, and ended up fucking it up and now she's eyebrowless. And the original piece of art is completely ruined and destroyed by someone who couldn't do it right. That's how I feel about my stuff when things get edited.
Idk. Idk what - if anything - could be done after a piece of art is given up to another owner. Digital commission, traditional conbadge, whatever. Once it's away from me, I suppose that's it. I just feel like.. maybe if it does get edited, you could at least put a note in your description saying it was edited from the original? and link the orig? Cause then if someone doesn't know better, they see that as my art and my mistakes, and I don't want to be looked at that way.
This isn't about one person, there's a couple people I've seen do things like this or say that they're going to change it if it's not right. And I don't think that's right. I'm not naming names, and if you think this is about you and want to stay anonymous, don't comment. You'll just call yourself out otherwise.
SamanthaSuicide
!samanthasuicide
I understand your point and I changed it back because I've decided I wanted the original anyway. Would have preferred you noted me however.
Eluned
~eluned
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This was not just about you and I at least left it anonymous. If it was strictly you, I would have noted you. It's a general post though about my feelings on the topic and I had to 'use' a few people as an example because it's been stirring in my mind for the past few months. Seeing the piece I did for you just made me want to go public with the post.
